“Mom was standing just as she had so many times when I was young, and a pang of nostalgia pinched my chest. Have you finished your homework? There’s a boy at the door. Do you want dinner? Don’t be too… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“People under stress can benefit from doing something familiar. The predictability of the task will sometimes ease one’s anxiety.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“To her, love was vulnerability, but to me, you see, love is strength.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Something about moving home as an adult made the space feel even smaller than it had while growing up.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“You will blink. Literally, blink. And you will be me, on the edge of life and looking back on what you’ve done with yours.… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“That’s how she is. She’d endure anything for family because having us home, she always said, meant more to her than all of the… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“When they’d filled the peppers and they were laid out in nice, neat, bacon-wrapped lines, she slid them into the oven. Then they went… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“I realized that the focus shouldn’t be whether my life is important or unimportant. It’s how all of our lives intertwine, and by isolating… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Libby Potter has just lost the perfect job, the perfect apartment and the perfect boyfriend. Moving back to the home town that she couldn’t… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“support one another and spend time together, because at the end, that’s all you’ll have to take with you—the love. Love each other and… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“Leah, if I could drive home one piece of advice, it would be to never have regrets like I did. Don’t do it. I… — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
“What mattered was that we were together—a family—and we were enjoying each other.” — Jenny Hale Copy Share Image
